BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

27/12/2006

Tensions Mount in Belarus Gas Row

FOCUS News Agency

Minsk. The Belarus government has suggested it won't allow Russian energy giant Gazprom to send gas to Europe through its pipelines if Gazprom cuts deliveries to Belarus next week, Deutsche Welle reported. Gazprom wants to more than double the price Belarus pays for gas in 2007, and has threatened to cut supplies from Monday if no deal is reached. About 20 percent of Russian gas to Europe passes through Belarus. However, an EU spokesperson said Germany, Austria, Britain, and the Netherlands had sufficient stocks of gas to deal with any problem that might arise.

Source:

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n102264

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